Minimal installation

Jonathan M. Slivko jslivko at slackercentral.com
Sun Nov 9 02:15:47 UTC 2003


Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

> At 19:16 11/8/2003, you wrote:
>
>> I don't know how low you can go, but I have managed a minimal install 
>> a lot less then the default povided by anaconda package selection, by 
>> creating a kickstart file that explicitely removes packages from 
>> installation ..
>>
>> One day I will set some time aside and arrive at the bare-minimimum 
>> kickstart file..
>
>
> I do the same thing for home firewalls and smaller machines, where I 
> often get 1GB drives and even sometimes a 500MB drive. I have 
> consistently kept to 150MB-200MB installs.
>
> Perhaps a few of us could cooperate on creating this "smallest" 
> install kickstart file? I will be happy to cooperate, put forth my own 
> efforts, and maybe put up a web page with the list of packages so that 
> we can discuss it. Anyone else want to help? Lox, Michael, Jaroslaw... 
> anyone?
>
>
Hello,

Maybe a "mini" ISO, like what FreeBSD has is needed for Fedora? Just an 
idea.

-- Jonathan





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